The magic of Salt Cathedral is the obvious joy that they perform with, which stems from the music but also from their friendship. "We hang out, we have fun the music is just a byproduct of that," remarked Nicolas. It means that there's a sense of intimacy to the music, even as it continues to lend itself to something larger than all of us.

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You are Unrecognizably sweet Always there when I need you Always there when I need you You are So unassumingly free Always there when I need you Always there when I need you Are you waiting on someone Are you waiting Are you waiting on someone else? I'm not waiting on someone I'm not waiting I'm not waiting on someone else Will you give me your love Gimme, gimme your love Give me your love tonight Let me give you my love Let me give you my love Give you my love, girl, girl Do you carry the weight of the world? Does it weigh on your shoulders? Let me lift it up Wanna take you for all that you're worth Wanna lay on the earth and grow older Are you waiting on someone Are you waiting Are you waiting on someone else? I'm not waiting on someone I'm not waiting I'm not waiting on someone else Will you give me your love Gimme, gimme your love Gimme your love tonight Let me give you my love. Let me give you my love Give you my love tonight, girl. 'Cause you are the little girl of my dreams Always there when I need you Always there when I need you You are So unassumingly free Always there when I need you Always there when I need you Girl when you're tired at the end of the night. When you lay on your pillow I will hold your bones, love And I'll show you the scope of the world Grow eternally younger 'Till we're older, girl Are you waiting on someone Are you waiting Are you waiting on someone else? I'm not waiting on someone I'm not waiting I'm not waiting on someone else Will you give me your love Gimme, gimme your love Give me your love tonight Let me give you my love Let me give you my love Give you my love tonight, girl 'Cause you are the little girl of my dreams Always there when I need you Always there when I need you You are So unassumingly free Always there when I need you Always there when I need you. You are Unrecognizably sweet Always there when I need you Always there when I need you You are So unassumingly free Always there when I need you Always there when I need you Always there when I need you Always there when I need you. Always there when I need you Always there when I need you Always there when I need you Always there when I need you (You're always there) Always there when I need you Always there when I need you Always there when I need you. Always there. You're always there when I need you I'm from Columbia. This is Julie, she's from Columbia as well and we're Salt Cathedral. Killing each other like animals Like animals, Will you set me free compatible...No I'm kidding. No I'm kidding. - Whoa, it's getting cold and dark. - Yeah. This is a really 60 minute interview here. - This could be the last. - Yeah. It's going to be the last. - The last interview. The next thing, you know, I'll disappear. - I definitely think...No, that's funny but it's like we both pull on very different ends of the spectrum which kind of ends up creating this like I think sort of unique, not too hard but like thing just because we like so many different things, you know. - The thing about compatible, it's like besides the music, music is the byproduct but I think it's like we're like a brother and sister. We get along, we're good friends, we hang out, we have fun, you know, that's all about it. And then the music is just the byproduct of that. - No Love is about...I don't know, I feel like we grew up in Columbia in like 90s kind of Pablo Escobar era, you know, a lot of guerillas, like a lot of...And I would watch the news every night with my parents and it's always violence, you know. It was always like these horrible things and I've always been very perplexed by like why? Like why do humans have to be, and I mean, it still happens every day and it's probably happened, it's not just modern times, you know, it's happened from throughout history and so it's just kind of like that human element of thinking that like we can cross boundaries through music and pretty much every culture has incorporated like dance in music and we all have bodies, you know. We're, physically, we're the same and so we can dance with each other, so why not trade loving and dancing for like violence instead of like, you know, killing each other. So that's what that song is about, I don't know. It's like something that's important to Yeah, we shot the video in Cartagena in Columbia and the idea was precisely it's that, to like put that out to interact with like a community that might otherwise not, you know, be able to show who they are or how they live, you know. We shot in Cartagena which is a very touristy place and it's gorgeous but we didn't go and shoot in like the old city with the beautiful mansions and everything, we went to like a community that's like not the most privileged and who is really like showed us, you know, their human side and danced with us and took us in and it was like a very symbiotic thing, it was a beautiful thing. The producer who did the video, Cumbia Films, they do a lot of social work in the area. So we did with them. It was in collaboration and it was just like a very beautiful project. - Yeah. - That's great. Tell me when will we see our brothers stop killing each other? Like animals, like animals Will you set me free I'm your brother and we look like each other We're animals, we're animals Come with me dancing, we'll find a way To follow our instincts and not be afraid Of letting our bodies commit to what they are Can we get a little closer? Closer Turn it up, turn it up Set me free, set me free Turn it up, turn it up I wanna feel the beat Turn it up, turn it up Set me free, set me free Turn it up, turn it up I wanna feel the beat. Tell me why would we much rather just look at each other like enemies in jealousy But when you dance with me you'll see I'm your brother we can dance with each other incessantly, in harmony So won't you come with me dancing We'll find a way To follow our instincts and not be afraid of letting our bodies commit to what they are Can we get a little closer Closer Turn it up, turn it up Set me free, set me free Turn it up, turn it up I wanna feel the beat Turn it up, turn it up Set me free, set me free Turn it up, turn it up I wanna feel the beat And if you're looking to fight me intermittently All I've got for you is bread and flowers. And if you're sitting beside me now Let's embrace the love and live for each other And if you're looking to bring me down, no, you won't find me You won't find me at all I'm coming over to dance with you, make your body flow Come with me darling, we'll find a way To follow our instincts and not be afraid of letting our bodies reveal their inner core Can we get a little closer? Closer Turn it up, turn it up Set me free, set me free Turn it up, turn it up I wanna feel the beat Turn it up, turn it up Set me free, set me free. Turn it up, turn it up I wanna feel the beat Turn it up, turn it up Set me free, set me free Turn it up, turn it up I wanna feel the beat Turn it up, turn it up Set me free, set me free Turn it up, turn it up I wanna feel the beat And if you're looking to fight me intermittently All I've got for you is bread and flowers. And if you're sitting beside me now Let's embrace the love and live for each other And if you're looking to bring me down, no, you won't find me You won't find me at all I'm coming over to dance with you, make your body flow - Columbia is a Caribbean country in a way, you know. So there's a lot of reggeaton, a lot of dancehall, there's a lot of like Caribbean styles of music. So we wanted to incorporate those styles in our record. - It's called Big Waves/Small Waves. We've been here for a bit in the US and we're trying to reach out to like those roots we had but in a, in like a new context. How can you like repurpose that into something that we think is creative? - So the record is full of like surprises and full of like, just like let's try this out and it worked. - And there was so much freedom to it, that we were just like kids, you know, exploring in a toy shop. There was no like, "You have to write a hit song because like, you know, we won't recoup or something." So it's like, I think it has that magic, you know. It has that magic of like us exploring and daring to do like different things. - Yeah, exactly. When you shut away My body crumbles down Into fragments of small pieces When you fight a war Your love trickles down Gets depleted Break me Into fragments. Hoping that you will Greet me Into balance Hoping you'll give in Completely into fragments Hoping that you will Greet me Into balance Hoping you'll give in Completely Why you gotta take the long way Keep on arguing the wrong way Calibrate your love the right way Don't just sit there and watch it drain Why you gotta take the long way Keep on arguing the wrong way Calibrate your love the right way Don't be static And watch it drain And when you shut me out My limbs try to branch apart I fall defeated Break me Into fragments Hoping that you will Greet me Into balance Hoping you'll give in Completely Into fragments Hoping that you will greet me Into balance Hoping you'll give in Completely Why you gotta take the long way Keep on arguing the wrong way Calibrate your love the right way Don't just sit there And watch it drain Why you gotta take the long way Keep on arguing the wrong way Calibrate your love the right way Don't be static And watch it drain Static And watch it drain Static and watch it drain And watch it drain Static and watch it drain

- Well the only one that we did strip down was Fragments. I think we're going to keep doing it. I think it's pretty cool to have a set that we have all like the, all those tracks and all this stuff and then in the middle, like just see this side of us, you know, the more vulnerable way. - I just think it's a raw song. It's a very raw song. So I think it... - It translates better like that. - It translates. It's about like that, it's about emotion. It's similar to No Love in a way. That it's about conflict and like why. You know, how conflict just, wars just drain our love? Do you know how like if you fight someone, you end up being so drained? You break things down and it just creates this like negative feeling whereas like you can just, you can always be nice. You can have problems but you can always deal with them in a nice way, you know. Like I understand. And that goes for like the smallest thing, like your every day and your mom and like countries, you know. There's a way to sit down and talk about things and deal with things. So I think that's what I'd think about. Don't be static And watch it drain And watch it drain Hey, we're Salt Cathedral and you're watching Baeble Music. And watch it drain Static and watch it drain

Artist Bio

Salt Cathedral is a New York-based band comprised of Colombian musicians Juli and Nico. Their pop music is informed by global sounds and rhythms, and is characterized by a unique vocal approach to melody. Salt Cathedral named for the historic underground cathedral in Zipaquir, Colombia have released three EPs and two singles. With a jazz background, Influences for these records have ranged at times from dub to hip-hop, from - electronic to Latin/Caribbean each expanding and redefining the uniquely multicultural pop genre in which they operate.

Not only has their music garnered over fifteen million plays on Spotify and has been widely covered by music publications such as FADER, Pitchfork, Village Voice and the Guardian, but Salt Cathedral have performed extensively across the United States, in Japan, Canada, Europe, and Colombia, sharing the stage with fellow artists Hundred Waters, Mitski, Christine and the Queens, Tei Shi, and Cibo Matto, amongst many others.

Set to perform at SXSW, Salt Cathedrals will release their first full-length record in 2018, heavily influenced by their Colombian upbringing and Brooklyns Jamaican dancehall scene.